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| Trump disavows 'alt-right' supporters | Trump disavows 'alt-right' supporters |
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| Donald Trump has repudiated the fringe "alt-right" group that celebrated his election win with Nazi salutes. | Donald Trump has repudiated the fringe "alt-right" group that celebrated his election win with Nazi salutes. |
| In a far-ranging interview with the New York Times, the US president-elect was quoted as saying: "I condemn them. I disavow, and I condemn." | In a far-ranging interview with the New York Times, the US president-elect was quoted as saying: "I condemn them. I disavow, and I condemn." |
| He said he did not want to "energise" the group, which includes neo-Nazis, white nationalists and anti-Semites. | He said he did not want to "energise" the group, which includes neo-Nazis, white nationalists and anti-Semites. |
| Alt-right supporters were filmed on Saturday in Washington DC cheering as a speaker shouted: "Hail Trump." | Alt-right supporters were filmed on Saturday in Washington DC cheering as a speaker shouted: "Hail Trump." |
| In the video, Richard Spencer, a leader of the "alt-right" movement, told a conference of members that America belongs to white people, whom he described as "children of the sun". | |
| He denounced the movement's critics as "the most despicable creatures who ever walked the planet". | |
| "Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!" Spencer shouts at one point as some members of the audience raise their arms in the Nazi salute. | |
| The gathering on Saturday drew protesters who blocked traffic around the Ronald Reagan Building, a federally owned conference centre in the nation's capital. | |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concern on Tuesday that Mr Trump's election victory could give succour to white supremacists. | |
| A senior official close to her described the "Hail Trump" video as "repulsive and worrying". | |
| In Mr Trump's interview with the New York Times he addressed a range of topics: | |
| Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Trump's spokeswoman said he would not follow up on a campaign pledge to pursue a further inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails. | |
| His adviser said the president-elect would not appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the former secretary of state, and dropping the matter would help her "heal". | |
| Later, Mr Trump was quoted as telling the New York Times: "I don't want to hurt the Clintons, I really don't. | |
| "She went through a lot and suffered greatly in many different ways." |